22838 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 83 / Friday, April 30, 2010 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVE01000.L19900000.DQ0000; 

MO:4500011511; 10–08807; TAS:14X1109] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Genesis Project, Eureka County, 

NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Genesis Project and by this 

notice is announcing the opening of the 

comment period. 

DATES: To ensure comments will be 

considered, the BLM must receive 

written comments on the Genesis 

Project Draft EIS within 45 days 

following the date the Environmental 

Protection Agency publishes its Notice 

of Availability in the Federal Register. 

The BLM will announce future meetings 

or hearings and any other public 

involvement activities at least 15 days 

in advance through public notices, 

media releases, and/or mailings. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

related to the Genesis Project by any of 

the following methods: 

• Fax: (775) 753–0255 

• Mail: BLM Elko District Office, 

Attention Kirk Laird, EIS Project 

Manager, 3900 East Idaho Street, Elko, 

Nevada 89801 

• E-mail: Kirk_Laird@nv.blm.gov or 

eiscommentselko@nv.blm.gov. 

Copies of the Genesis Project Draft EIS 

are available in the BLM Elko District 

Office at the above address and at the 

following Web site: http://www.blm.gov/ 

nv (click on Elko District link). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, contact Kirk Laird, 

EIS Project Manager, telephone (775) 

753–0200; address BLM Elko District 

Office, 3900 East Idaho Street, Elko, 

Nevada 89801; or e-mail 

Kirk_Laird@nv.blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Newmont 

Mining Corporation’s Genesis-Bluestar 

mining operations area is located in 

northeastern Nevada on the Carlin 

Trend, a 50-mile-long by 10-mile-wide 

geologic area that has produced more 

than 60 million ounces of gold from 

numerous mines over the last 30 years. 

The proposed action is to expand the 

Genesis Pit, develop the new Bluestar 

Ridge Pit, backfill the Beast and the 

Bluestar pits and partially backfill the 

Genesis Pit, expand the Section 36 and 

Section 5 Waste Rock Disposal 

Facilities, construct the necessary haul 

roads and access roads, and process 60 

million tons of gold-bearing ore. The 

proposed project would disturb an 

additional 43 acres (25 acres of public 

land and 18 acres of private land) and 

provide for continued mining activities 

on approximately 1,092 acres of 

previously-disturbed lands. 

The Draft EIS analyzes the potential 

environmental impacts of the Proposed 

Action and No Action alternative, and 

identifies measures to minimize adverse 

impacts. The BLM reviewed several 

action alternatives to the Proposed 

Action, but eliminated them from indepth analysis in the Draft EIS because 

they provided no substantive benefits to 

the environment. Major issues brought 

forward during the public scoping 

process and addressed in the Draft EIS 

include: 

(1) The cumulative impacts of mining 

and related actions on affected 

resources, for example water quality and 

quantity and wildlife habitat, in the 

Carlin Trend; 

(2) The release of mercury associated 

with processing the 60 million tons of 

ore; 

(3) The impacts of 12 additional years 

of active mining as it relates to 

continued employment and economic 

activity for the local area; and 

(4) The impacts of a pit lake forming 

under the No Action alternative, but not 

in the action alternative. 

The Proposed Action includes an 

Adaptive Management Plan which is 

analyzed in the Draft EIS and included 

as an appendix to the Draft EIS. The 

agency’s preferred alternative is the 

Proposed Action as described above. 

A Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS 

for the Genesis Project was published in 

the Federal Register on March 18, 2008 

[73 FR 14484]. Public participation was 

solicited through the media, mailings, 

the BLM Web site, and a public scoping 

meeting. 

Please note that public comments and 

information submitted including names, 

street addresses, and e-mail addresses of 

persons who submit comments, will be 

available for public review and 

disclosure at the above address during 

regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Kenneth E. Miller, 

District Manager, Elko. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6 and 1506.10. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–R–2010–N025; 40136–1265–0000– 

S3] 

Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, 

Charleston County, SC 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability: Draft 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

environmental assessment; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of a draft comprehensive 

conservation plan and environmental 

assessment (Draft CCP/EA) for Cape 

Romain National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) 

for public review and comment. In this 

Draft CCP/EA, we describe the 

alternative we propose to use to manage 

this refuge for the 15 years following 

approval of the final CCP. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, we 

must receive your written comments by 

June 1, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, questions, 

and requests for information to: Ms. 

Raye Nilus, Project Leader, Cape 

Romain NWR, 5801 Highway 17 North, 

Awendaw, SC 29429; e-mail: 

caperomainccp@fws.gov. The Draft 

CCP/EA is available on compact disc or 

in hard copy. You may also access and 

download a copy of the Draft CCP/EA 

from the Service’s Internet site: http:// 

southeast.fws.gov/planning/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Laura Housh; telephone: 912/496–7366, 

Extension 244. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we continue the CCP 

process for Cape Romain NWR. We 

started this process through a notice in 

the Federal Register on January 3, 2007 

(72 FR 141). 


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